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First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday burst into tears in front of multitudes of Zanu PF supporters at a rally as her husband, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced her immediate stepping down as Chirumanzu-Zibabwe legislator.

The declaration by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week that former first lady Grace Mugabe is no longer immune to prosecution appears to have left Mugabe’s garrulous wife vulnerable to arrest as vultures circle above her, bracing for a kill.

The mass dismissal of top police officers on Thursday and the surprise aboutturn by government, rehiring most of them less than 24 hours later, has exposed a possible rift and simmering conflict within President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, The Standard has established.

Fired vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured right) is still holed up in South Africa and isolated despite claims that he is in China, sources said amid indications President Robert Mugabe has ordered that his finances must be closely monitored.

ZANU PF has started rolling out the process to overhaul its central committee and politburo ahead of the December congress, which is expected to set the tone for a post-President Robert Mugabe era, leaked communication to party structures has revealed.

Higher and Tertiary Education minister-Jonathan Moyo has told President Robert Mugabe how he allegedly tried to form an opposition party with Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, piling pressure on the under-fire politician.